Originally published in the US by Dodd, Mead.

"Steve Rambo, hard and determined, came to the town of Post Oak, looking for a man to kill. He had stayed on quietly, taking a job with the Swallowford outfit as cover for his presence, waiting for the fellow to show his hand. Somewhere in this high hill country lurked Deuce Kramer, who was responsible for the death of Rambo's sister. But Rambo was to find his job complicated by a battle being waged between Forko Fox and his Swallowford outfit and the Barred Circle spread of Lucie Overpack"--Provided by publisher.